• High school students
• First generation to attend college
• Students/families with limited financial resources
• Underrepresented minorities

• Academic enrichment/tutoring
• College admissions guidance and counseling
• College campus visits
• College success and retention support
• Early college awareness and prep
• Financial aid counseling
• Mentoring
• SAT/ACT and other test prep
• Scholarships & last dollar grants

Dr. Ibrahim Naim
Director of Early Outreach Programs
ibrahim.naim@gcmail.maricopa.edu

ACE Plus is a scholarship-based early outreach and college preparation program for high school students.  The program is designed to take the "fear factor" out of college for stuednts who may be the first members of their families to attend college and for any student at risk of not enrolling and succeeding in a college or university environment.  The program targets high school sophomores in 12 local high schools.  Successful applicants receive a two-year scholarship that allows them to take college classes while they are still in high school.  Students who are active in the program for the two years can earn up to 24 college credits by the time they gradaute from high school.

 

Students who participate in the ACE Plus Program receive:

*Academic Advisement

*Mentoring

*College preparation

*Career exploration

*Enrichment seminars

*Financial Aid and scholarship workshops

*Personal and study skills workshops

*Field trips to colleges and universities

 

ACE Plus achievements:

*92-96% of high school students affiliated with ACE Plus graduate from high school

*80-85% of ACE Plus graduates go on to attend post-secondary academic institutions

*ACE Plus students on average earn a 3.0 GPA

*ACE Plus has helped more than 3000 students continue their education beyond high school

 

The ACE Plus Program was established in 1990 at Glendale Community College as an effort to increase the number of minority,or financially-disadvbantaged, or first-generation college-bound graduate from high school and make a smooth transition to higher education.

 

In addition, the program partners with the state colleges and universities, private colleges and universities, business, industry and foundations.